I’ve taken pot-shots at the theater industry’s somewhat misaligned concept of proportional servings in the past, but I thought I was due to revisit the comedic devise for today’s strip.

I tried coming up with a good joke for today’s release of The Cat in the Hat, but I kept coming back to punch lines involving raves, The Grateful Dead or related drug humor. Frankly, we’re just not that kind of comic.

Gothika is the other big release today and I couldn’t think of a damn thing to make fun of there other than how bad Halle Berry’s hair looks. But I guess it’s alright, ‘cuz she’s supposed to be cra-zay!

I think my movie options this weekend are kind of slim, but I don’t really care. My good friend Nick is coming to visit from Minneapolis this weekend and we’re gonna tear it up Iowa-style!

I guess I didn’t mention how my experience at the Henry Rollins spoken word show went on Wednesday. Well, it went okay!

We didn’t get there until about 10 minutes before he went on. So we were left scrambling for seats. We ended up in the balcony probably a good 200 feet away from him. This was a change in scenery for me because in my usual fan-boy way I would drag everyone to the show an hour in advance to get good seats. I’ve seen him 4 other times before this and we’ve always been just a few rows away from the stage.

Not that I minded, particularly. We could still hear him great. That is, whenever the two girls sitting next to me decided to discontinue one of their several lengthy conversations. And what was up with the girl in front of us taking pictures with some kind of high-powered flash? I think it may have bleached the skin of people sitting in the 3 rows in front of her.

Rollins was cool. He seemed more mellow than usual. He told a lot of good stories. Standouts included his tale of catching a burglar as he was in the process of breaking into his home and getting out of jury duty. He shared a few “Hollywood” stories, too – talking about his attendance at the premieres of The School of Rock and Kill Bill. He also talked about being dissed by Sheryl Crow.

After the show, Cami and I hung around outside to see if we could get a picture with Henry. But after a half hour, we decided to bolt. We had an hour long drive ahead of us at 10:30 at night and work the next day. On top of that, we had to pick up Truman at my parents place on the way home. We didn’t want him to be cooped up in his crate all day, so my folks babysat for us. How cool are they?

I bought Final Fantasy X-2 yesterday and I’m looking forward to finding some time to commit to it. What I’ve played so far is really a lot of fun. I enjoyed Final Fantasy X immensely. I’ve played all the way through it 3 times. It’s probably my favorite game of all time.

I don’t want to come off sounding like a FF fan boy, so I think I’ll cut it off there.

I hope everyone has a good weekend. Next weekend is Thanksgiving and I’m sure that’s going to throw a lot of us into upheaval. Hopefully you’ll still make time to visit the site. I plan to keep updating through the holiday.

If you haven’t joined the forums yet, look into it. We’re having a lot of fun in there.

In an effort to further branch out into the web comic community, I am putting out an open call for link exchanges between other creators. How many of them stop by and read my work is up for grabs, but I thought I would throw the idea out in the universe and see who responds. Trust me, I’ll be hitting up a few through e-mail just to cover the bases. Anyone who wants to grab a banner to put on their site can find them here.

I want to raise Theater Hopper’s profile and I’m proposing a “grass-roots” approach. Even if you don’t write a web comic or even have a web site, you can do your part to help! Please mention Theater Hopper on any forums you happen to visit. Maybe provide a link to your favorite comic in the archive. And don’t just worry about visiting other web comics and dropping our name. Think about movie-related forums, fan sites and the like. Branch out!

I know there are some of you who would like to lend your support to Theater Hopper, but don’t have the financial means or a soapbox to stand on. I’ve received e-mails to that effect, so I know you’re out there. Well, I’m here to say you CAN help! By spreading the word about Theater Hopper around the Internet you’re helping us more than you know.